Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Hunt, MP for Godalming and Ash
Jeremy Hunt has been an MP since 2005.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Chancellor of the Exchequer (HM Treasury) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2018 | |
| Secretary of State for Health (Department of Health) | 2012 to 2018 | |
| Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2010 to 2012 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (HM Treasury) | 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (also Shadow Deputy Prime Minister) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2007 to 2010 | |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2005 to 2007 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2020 to 2022 | |
| International Development Committee | 2005 to 2006 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Jeremy Hunt has 41 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Nomura International Plc - £7,000.00 | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 26 June 2026 - £10,000.00 | 3 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Global Media IP Limited - £1,500.00 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Deputy Chair of Patient Safety Movement Foundation | 21 May 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Global Patient Safety Leadership Council Member | 21 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment expected for services on 24 April 2026 - £2,500.00 | 19 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Speaking engagement in Japan - Oxford Institute of Digital Health, University of Oxford | 19 May 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Lloyds Banking Group (Charlie Nunn, Group Chief Executive) - £919.50 | 19 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 13 May 2026 - £17,000.00 | 15 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 01 May 2026 - £17,000.00 | 5 May 2026 |
Show the other 31
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to United States between 26 February 2026 and 29 March 2026 | 7 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 20 March 2026 - £17,000.00 | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 27 March 2026 - £20,000.00 | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 18 March 2026 - £17,000.00 | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 26 March 2026 - £17,000.00 | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 05 March 2026 - £16,000.00 | 6 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Appointment to Member of Advisory Board for RL Datix - RL Datix (EBT) Ltd | 3 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 16 February 2026 - £35,000.00 | 3 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 11 February 2026 - £16,000.00 | 17 Feb 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 11 February 2026 - £12,000.00 | 17 Feb 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 19 November 2025 - £10,000.00 | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment expected for services on 13 November 2025 - £24,000.00 | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 19 November 2025 - £12,000.00 | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Gibraltar between 15 November 2025 and 16 November 2025 | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 20 November 2025 - £16,000.00 | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment expected for services on 12 November 2025 - £16,000.00 | 13 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 27 October 2025 - £24,000.00 | 5 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment expected for services on 20 October 2025 - £500.00 | 23 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Speaking engagement - Intelligence Squared Ltd | 23 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 22 September 2025 - £24,000.00 | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 08 September 2025 - £30,000.00 | 17 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment expected for services on 16 September 2025 - £4,800.00 | 17 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 12 September 2025 - £4,800.00 | 17 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director, Trustee and Chairman of Patient Safety Watch. These are unpaid roles. | 15 Apr 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | speaking engagement - Chartwell Partners Ltd | 22 Oct 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Sussex Street Speaking and Publishing Limited | 6 Sep 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Portfolio of shares held in a blind trust. | 29 Oct 2019 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Southampton | 7 Mar 2018 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Mare Pond Properties Ltd | 7 Mar 2018 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Commercial in London | – |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in no location provided | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Jeremy Hunt asked 29 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
40 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Jeremy Hunt represents Godalming and Ash. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Jeremy Hunt won with 43% of the votes, and Paul Follows (Liberal Democrat) came second with 41%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Hunt | Conservative | 23,293 | 42.6% |
| Paul Follows | Liberal Democrat | 22,402 | 41.0% |
| Graham Drage | Reform UK | 4,815 | 8.8% |
| James Walsh | Labour | 2,748 | 5.0% |
| Ruby Tucker | Green Party | 1,243 | 2.3% |
| Harriet Williams | Women's Equality Party | 195 | 0.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Jeremy Hunt took part in 92 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Jeremy Hunt voted the same way as their party in 90 of the 90 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 23 Jun | Opposition debate: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment | Against | Same as party |
| 23 Jun | Opposition debate: Defence spending and readiness | For | Same as party |
| 17 Jun | Threats to national security from other states: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this